Biden Health-Care Vaccine Mandate Survives Supreme Court Appeal

The US Supreme Court turned away a renewed challenge by 10 states to the Biden administration’s Covid-19 vaccine requirement for workers in facilities that receive federal health-care funds.

The rebuff of the Missouri-led group follows the Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision in January to let the requirement take effect.

The rule, issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, requires shots for workers in nursing homes, hospitals and other facilities that receive federal dollars. The requirement took effect April 15, covering about 10 million people.

In its Jan. 13 decision, the court said Congress had authorized the agency to protect ...